maukaadv.adj.

Brit.

/mɑːˈuːkə/, U.S.

/mɑˈukə/

Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian mauka.

Etymology: < Hawaiian mauka < ma beside, at, on, towards + uka inland, upriver, upland, towards the mountain.

Hawaiian.

A. adv.

Towards the mountains; in an inland direction. Opposed to makai.

ΚΠ

1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. vii. 105 I hear on all sides..two words, makai, signifying ‘on the sea-side’, and mauka, ‘on the mountain side’.

1875 C. Nordhoff Northern California, Oregon, & Sandwich Islands 243 The chief ordered his servants to go bird-hunting. They obeyed; but instead of going to the mountains (mauka), they set snares on the shores (makai).

1877 Rep. Royal Comm. Devel. Resources Hawaii 13 Along the road, mauka, lie the fields of the Naalehu and Waiohinu plantations.

1938 J. E. Reinecke List Loanwords Hawaiian Lang. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) 536 Mauka..Mountainward, one of the two standard directions.

1979 Honolulu Advertiser 8 Jan. b-5/2 The present Army Reserve recruiting facility, mauka of Kalia Road, could be relocated.

B. adj.

Inland, mountainward.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > towards

mauka1884

mountainward1898

1884 Overland Monthly Mar. 312/1 Number 500, the mauka cottage in the hotel grounds.

1938 L. Mumford Whither Honolulu? iv. 11 While ample arterial parkways are lacking on the makai and mauka sides of the city, no serious attempt can be made to solve Honolulu's traffic difficulties.

1976 Honolulu Star-Bull. 21 Dec. d1/2 The girl broke loose from the attacker..and ran in the mauka direction up Lunalilo Home Road.

1991 Aloha Feb. 41/4 On the mauka side of the two-acre property, the Colony Surf East houses fifty studio suites with lānais and kitchenettes for light cooking.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mauka
释义	maukaadv.adj. Brit. /mɑːˈuːkə/, U.S. /mɑˈukə/ Origin: A borrowing from Hawaiian. Etymon: Hawaiian mauka. Etymology: < Hawaiian mauka < ma beside, at, on, towards + uka inland, upriver, upland, towards the mountain. Hawaiian. A. adv. Towards the mountains; in an inland direction. Opposed to makai. ΚΠ 1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archipel. vii. 105 I hear on all sides..two words, makai, signifying ‘on the sea-side’, and mauka, ‘on the mountain side’. 1875 C. Nordhoff Northern California, Oregon, & Sandwich Islands 243 The chief ordered his servants to go bird-hunting. They obeyed; but instead of going to the mountains (mauka), they set snares on the shores (makai). 1877 Rep. Royal Comm. Devel. Resources Hawaii 13 Along the road, mauka, lie the fields of the Naalehu and Waiohinu plantations. 1938 J. E. Reinecke List Loanwords Hawaiian Lang. in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1996) 536 Mauka..Mountainward, one of the two standard directions. 1979 Honolulu Advertiser 8 Jan. b-5/2 The present Army Reserve recruiting facility, mauka of Kalia Road, could be relocated. B. adj. Inland, mountainward. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > towards mauka1884 mountainward1898 1884 Overland Monthly Mar. 312/1 Number 500, the mauka cottage in the hotel grounds. 1938 L. Mumford Whither Honolulu? iv. 11 While ample arterial parkways are lacking on the makai and mauka sides of the city, no serious attempt can be made to solve Honolulu's traffic difficulties. 1976 Honolulu Star-Bull. 21 Dec. d1/2 The girl broke loose from the attacker..and ran in the mauka direction up Lunalilo Home Road. 1991 Aloha Feb. 41/4 On the mauka side of the two-acre property, the Colony Surf East houses fifty studio suites with lānais and kitchenettes for light cooking. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1875
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